West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Throo deaths have resulted in the Doygett
family at G'enville. Nebraska, from eating
poisoned prunes
Thomas f. McGowan, OF Duluth, fell out
OF a box in tn, Theatre Com que, at Mime.
| ap)lis, aud was killed.
Mrs Rsbecca Hall, on trial at Chicago for
the murder OF her husband, was acquitted.
the State having failel to make out a case
against the accused.
EX-Alderman o'Neill, OF New York, one of
| The boodlers, has been sentencsi 20 four
| years aud six months Imprisonment and b
| pay a fine OF $2OO)
Robert Nicholson, aged - yes.s, and the
owner Of real estate. was fatally injured IN
being thrown from a saloon at Shamokin.
| Pa.
The Knights OF Labor scheme for the e.
Enlistment OF a cooperative colony within
a hundred miles OF Chicago Is not regarded
with much favor and is likely to prove bub
ble
The Senate desires OF the Secretary OF the
Interior the Information as 70 the existenc,
of rue in ths Pension o Ilcs whereby hear.
ings are refused applicants because they have
applied 10 Congress for relief.
Anthony Dunleavy, 10 years old. deformed
and almost blind, ros ding with his widowed
mother in Allentown, Pa, was killed o.
Thursday by falling off train on which he
and other boys were stealing a ride.
The freight-handlers' strike at New York
has compl stely collapsed. Oa Saturday There
m ~
work. In no case are they being taken back
o work as unionist', bit it is eaci man for
himself.
Rober, Roman, s>u of uIge Alfred Ro.
man, aud Sidney l.. TneArd, son OF Ho,
Pau Il. Thelrl, fought n duel with small
swords at New Orleans on Saturday The
fight was stopped after Thelrd hal received
a slight wound
party of men heaiei by Willard White.
OF Wheeling went TO the home OF Slmuel
Miller, near Paw Paw, w. Va, for the pur.
pose o, hanging him "a punishment for
series Of crimes and sclnd ais attr,buteJ m
him. VI Her heard the advancing crowd and
se zing large revolver, ordered tn, man 10
halt, aud warned them that he would kin tho
FIRST who attempted to modest him Tn,
crowd, headel 10y White, M ,de a rush for
the door, when Miller leveed his pistol and
fred, shooting White through the heart. Kill
ing him instantly. NJ Her succeeded in q can
Ing in the co1fu iol AMI is sti at large
Mrs. James Nicely, OF New Cumberland
VIVA, was burned to death Satu day morz
ing.
While in temporary fl % insanity Mrs
Stebbens, Of Welusvill,, y Y, on Saturday
drowned her babes.
Sarah Bernhardt will be- in Washington the
last we k Of the Congress sional session,
which ends on Mlrch 4 tn.
Triplets were born to Mrs. Edward H,r-
ring, of M sllon, Ohio, on Sturdy. Two
If the children are alive; the mother will die.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has been engaged. so
they say, to write the words OF an opera. TO
be sung by an An ,r.c N cDmoluy next sell
son.
o. Ftiday Frark Burns and Daniel Ora.
ham quarrelei on the pike three miles north
Of Danville, KY, and Graham shot and killed
Burns. Burns was preacher
A great religious revival has been in pro-
gress at Sedalia, M for SIX weeks. under
the management of Mi Cole. There have
bean, it is said about two thousand CONVEX.
sicn.
Secretary Manning has llcad his resigua-
ton in the hands OF the President
The Jail at Murfreesbor5, Tenn, was burn.
ed and three prisoners persisted in the
flames.
The Chicago Socialists, at their regular
Sunday meeting recogn I'D Henry George as
one OF their leaders. Oue of them said tue
cry Of the work ngmsn should be Henry
George and free lind"
Grand VI ister~W Workman Powderly has sent
out a circular % elic information as to the
number OF strikes in which org luiz It / ms be.
longing TO the Ocler were concerned, and the
causes which lei to them. Some Of the
strikes, particularly the latest, displayed
management for which the General Execu.
tive Board evidently do not desire TO bear
any responsibility.
The regular weekly riot occurred as usual
at Belfast Sunday shortly after midnight,
when gangi Of Otaugene1 and Catholics
pelted each other with stones. The pllics
settled tine disturbance after stabbing ons ri
Ger AMI receiving several bruises them
selves.
The Anarchists scared away from Chicago
10y the arrest aud conviction OF their com
rades are said 10 have established a colony in
San Domingo, IN wh ch those vet left behind
Gre making their way as quietly but exped
I tiCtt4ly M rosaiIla